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Ouachita String Ensemble presents concert Nov. 1

Ouachita Baptist University’s String Ensemble will perform its fall concert at 7 p.m. on Nov. 1 in McBeth Recital Hall. The ensemble is directed by Dr. Jir Shin Boey, assistant professor of music. The program will include J.S. Bach’s “Suite No. 1 in C, Overture,”…

Ouachita to host Cooperstock in guest pianorecital Oct. 24

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will host Dr. Andrew Cooperstock in a piano recital at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 24, in Mabee Fine Arts Center’s McBeth Recital Hall. The recital and following reception are open to the public and admission is…

Homecoming Queen Nominees

Students voted for Homecoming Queen in chapel on Tuesday. The Homecoming court will be announced Saturday at 12:30 p.m. before the football game at A.U. Williams Field. Homecoming Queen Nominees: -Kristen James (ROMS) -Elizabeth Burke (Senior Class) -Alexis Kamerman (Tri Chi PC ‘11) -Lauren Jackson…

OcTiger Fest features departments, clubs, organizations

Ouachita’s community will include several hundred more faces this weekend at the fourth annual OcTiger Fest. Held in conjunction with Homecoming festivities on Saturday, Oct. 8, booths and activities run by clubs, organizations and academic departments will be spread throughout the main campus lawn from…

Homecoming Activities

Highlighting the theme, “Memories and Milestones,” Ouachita’s 2011 Homecoming week is set for Oct. 3-8. The popular Ouachita traditions of Tiger Tunes, Homecoming court and Saturday afternoon football game will set the tone for the week. Students and alumni will have the opportunity to experience…

SIFE aids Honduran orphanages

Ouachita’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) organization has started a partnership with two orphanages in Honduras. The project aims to help offset some of the educational, food and medical costs of the children living there, and to help the orphanages to afford to take more…

Business Plan Competition aids entrepreneurship

For Ouachita students who are interested in being their own boss, turning their hobby into a company or coming up with a new way to do something old, the annual business competition is fast approaching. Now in its third year, the competition, which is sponsored…

Clark County lifts burn ban

The burn ban in Arkadelphia has been lifted by Clark County Judge Ron Daniell, effective last Tuesday. The ban was active for a little more than a month following an unusually dry period in the area. The lift occurred at a perfect time for residents…

OBU Upward Bound hosts workshop Oct. 1

ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s Upward Bound program will host a workshop Saturday, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m.-12 noon. It is the first of several workshops that the program will host throughout the school year. “Our students are the first in their families to receive a…

Ouachita’s fall Tiger Serve Day set for Sept. 24

Ouachita Baptist University’s annual fall Tiger Serve Day will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Hosted by the Ben M. Elrod Center for Family & Community, Tiger Serve Day is in its 15th consecutive year of facilitating student, faculty and…